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Do you need to start recognizing and unlocking the value of your smart city data? Bob McQueen provides a timely guide to doing just that There are a lot of things involved in smart cities. This worldwide initiative includes a huge

Atkins, one of the world’s most respected design, engineering and project management consultancies, has signed a global partnership agreement with INRIX, the world leader in connected car services and transportation analytics, which will enable traffic information from millions of miles

For Seattleites, traffic and transportation can be serious obstacles. Seattle’s booming population has led to busier streets and buses, and for many residents that poses a challenge to working, getting to school, or taking care of their kids. But the solutions to Seattle’s transportation troubles may

The past few days have seen several stories about governments allegedly reacting to the first fatal accident involving an autonomous vehicle. First Germany spoke out in favor of black boxes, and then China suspended autonomous testing on public roads until

ITS Europe will coordinate SENSORIS – a platform that will develop a global standard for vehicle-to-cloud data. Currently, vehicle sensor data exists in multiple different formats across automakers. Standardization is needed, as pooling analogous vehicle data from millions of vehicles will be a key enabler

New Data Sets from the Next Generation Simulation (NGSIM) Program are Now Available in the Research Data Exchange The Research Data Exchange (RDE) is a web-based data resource provided by the USDOT Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Program. It collects, manages,

Hidden in the dashboard of most modern cars, on-board computers are quietly gathering a goldmine of data. Now Japanese car manufacturer Toyota has announced it is teaming up with Microsoft in an effort to mine some of this information. The

By Tracey Lien of The LA Times the Internet, traffic is easily tracked. Google and Facebook have algorithms that know what users are searching for. Online retailers can monitor what shoppers are buying. Newspapers can see in real-time how many readers

In the UK, currently around 4% of the motor insurance market is made up of telematics and usage-based insurance (UBI) policies. This is chiefly because to date, propositions have been heavily focused on the young driver market where risk levels